2008–09 Memphis Grizzlies season

March 2026 August 2023 Memphis Grizzlies 2009 24 58 southwest 5 11 Marc IavaroniLionel Hollins Chris Wallace Michael Heisley FedExForum Did not qualify Fox Sports South, SportSouth WRBO MEM thumb|right | Shows a game The 2008–09 Memphis Grizzlies season was their 14th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Memphis Grizzlies finished 2 games ahead of their 2007–08 output, and finished 11th in the Western Conference as opposed to 14th. Key dates June 26: The 2008 NBA draft took place in New York City. July 1: The free agency period started. 2 Draft picks 2008 NBA draft Round Pick Player Position Nationality College 1 5 Kevin Love Forward-center American UCLA 1 28 Donté Greene Small Forward American Syracuse Some hours after the completion of the draft, Memphis sent the rights to #5 overall pick Kevin Love to Minnesota as part of a trade that landed #3 pick O. J. Mayo.2008-06-27 Mayo, Love switch teams in blockbuster trade https://www.espn.com/nba/draft2008/news/story?id=3463045 2024-05-22 ESPN.com en Roster Memphis Grizzlies 00 Darrell Arthur F 6 9 235 Kansas 7 Greg Buckner G/F 6 4 210 Clemson 11 Mike Conley Jr. G 6 1 185 Ohio State 33 Marc Gasol C 7 1 265 Spain 22 Rudy Gay F 6 8 230 Connecticut 15 Hamed Haddadi C 7 2 265 Iran 55 Marko Jarić G/F 6 7 198 Serbia 32 O. J. Mayo G 6 4 210 Southern California 4 Chris Mihm C/F 7 0 265 Texas yes IN 3 Darius Miles F 6 9 210 East St. Louis HS (IL) 31 Darko Miličić C/F 7 0 250 Serbia 13 Quinton Ross G/F 6 6 195 SMU 21 Hakim Warrick F/C 6 9 219 Syracuse 29 Mike Wilks basketball G 5 10 185 Rice yes IN Lionel Hollins Johnny Davis Henry Bibby Dave Joerger Barry Hecker Damon Stoudamire Regular season Standings MEM MEM Game log Memphis Grizzlies 2009 Memphis Grizzlies October yes 1 0 0 1 |- | 1 | October 29 | @ Houston | 20081029 MEMHOU 71 82 | Rudy Gay (20) | Darrell Arthur (15) | Mike Conley Jr., Kyle Lowry (3) | Toyota Center18,196 | 0–1 |- | 2 | October 31 | Orlando | 20081031 ORLMEM 86 84 | Rudy Gay (29) | Darrell Arthur (10) | Kyle Lowry (4) | FedExForum16,139 | 1–1 Memphis Grizzlies November 2 5 1 7 |- | 3 | November 1 | @ Chicago | 20081101 MEMCHI 86 96 | Rudy Gay (20) | Darko Miličić (9) | Kyle Lowry (4) | United Center21,785 | 1–2 |- | 4 | November 3 | Golden State | 20081103 GSWMEM 90 79 | Marc Gasol (27) | Marc Gasol (16) | Mike Conley Jr. (7) | FedExForum10,121 | 2–2 |- | 5 | November 5 | @ Sacramento | 20081105 MEMSAC 95 100 | O. J. Mayo (28) | Rudy Gay, Kyle Lowry, Marc Gasol (6) | Kyle Lowry (7) | ARCO Arena13,685 | 2–3 |- | 6 | November 7 | @ Golden State | 20081107 MEMGSW 109 104 | Rudy Gay (23) | Darrell Arthur (12) | Mike Conley Jr. (6) | Oracle Arena18,744 | 3–3 |- | 7 | November 9 | @ Denver | 20081109 MEMDEN 90 100 | O. J. Mayo (31) | Marc Gasol, O. J. Mayo (8) | Mike Conley Jr., Rudy Gay (4) | Pepsi Center14,359 | 3–4 |- | 8 | November 10 | @ Phoenix | 20081110 MEMPHX 102 107 | O. J. Mayo (33) | Rudy Gay, Darrell Arthur (7) | O. J. Mayo (5) | US Airways Center18,422 | 3–5 |- | 9 | November 12 | New York | 20081112 NYKMEM 103 132 | Rudy Gay (20) | Hakim Warrick (8) | Marko Jarić, Kyle Lowry (4) | FedExForum10,129 | 3–6 |- | 10 | November 14 | Milwaukee | 20081114 MILMEM 96 101 1 | O. J. Mayo (25) | Hakim Warrick (10) | Mike Conley Jr., Kyle Lowry (4) | FedExForum11,308 | 3–7 |- | 11 | November 18 | Sacramento | 20081118 SACMEM 109 94 | Rudy Gay (22) | Hakim Warrick (10) | Mike Conley Jr. (7) | FedExForum10,834 | 4–7 |- | 12 | November 21 | @ Dallas | 20081121 MEMDAL 76 91 | O. J. Mayo (19) | Rudy Gay, Marc Gasol (8) | Rudy Gay (5) | American Airlines Center20,035 | 4–8 |- | 13 | November 22 | Utah | 20081122 UTAMEM 94 103 | O. J. Mayo (23) | Darrell Arthur (9) | Mike Conley Jr. (8) | FedExForum13,121 | 4–9 |- | 14 | November 24 | San Antonio | 20081124 SASMEM 81 94 | O. J. Mayo (26) | Darko Miličić (11) | O. J. Mayo, Kyle Lowry (3) | FedExForum12,053 | 4–10 |- | 15 | November 26 | @ Utah | 20081126 MEMUTA 100 117 | Rudy Gay (27) | Marc Gasol (8) | Kyle Lowry (5) | EnergySolutions Arena19,911 | 4–11 |- | 16 | November 28 | @ San Antonio | 20081128 MEMSAS 98 109 | O. J. Mayo (32) | Rudy Gay, Marc Gasol, Darko Miličić (6) | O. J. Mayo, Mike Conley Jr. (4) | AT&T Center17,074 | 4–12 |- | 17 | November 29 | Oklahoma City | 20081129 OKCMEM 103 111 | O. J. Mayo (30) | O. J. Mayo (7) | Mike Conley Jr. (6) | FedExForum11,977 | 4–13 Memphis Grizzlies December 5 4 1 5 |- | 18 | December 3 | @ Atlanta | 20081203 MEMATL 95 105 | Hakim Warrick (20) | Rudy Gay (10) | Mike Conley Jr., Kyle Lowry (4) | Philips Arena12,088 | 4–14 |- | 19 | December 5 | L.A. Clippers | 20081205 LACMEM 93 81 | Rudy Gay (25) | Darko Miličić (9) | Kyle Lowry (5) | FedExForum10,484 | 5–14 |- | 20 | December 6 | @ New Orleans | 20081206 MEMNOH 87 106 | Marc Gasol (21) | Marc Gasol (7) | O. J. Mayo (5) | New Orleans Arena16,822 | 5–15 |- | 21 | December 8 | Houston | 20081208 HOUMEM 109 97 | Rudy Gay (20) | Hakim Warrick, Marc Gasol (8) | Kyle Lowry (5) | FedExForum10,691 | 6–15 |- | 22 | December 10 | @ Oklahoma City | 20081210 MEMOKC 108 102 | Rudy Gay (22) | Rudy Gay, Hakim Warrick, Marc Gasol (6) | O. J. Mayo, Kyle Lowry (5) | Ford Center18,009 | 7–15 |- | 23 | December 12 | Chicago | 20081212 CHIMEM 103 96 | Rudy Gay (29) | Darko Miličić (11) | Mike Conley Jr. (7) | FedExForum17,132 | 8–15 |- | 24 | December 14 | Miami | 20081214 MIAMEM 102 86 | O. J. Mayo (28) | Marc Gasol (7) | Kyle Lowry (5) | FedExForum12,271 | 9–15 |- | 25 | December 16 | New Orleans | 20081216 NOHMEM 84 91 | Rudy Gay (28) | Marc Gasol (11) | O. J. Mayo, Mike Conley Jr. (4) | FedExForum10,231 | 9–16 |- | 26 | December 19 | Charlotte | 20081219 CHAMEM 83 112 | Rudy Gay (17) | Marc Gasol (6) | O. J. Mayo (4) | FedExForum11,869 | 9–17 |- | 27 | December 22 | L.A. Lakers | 20081222 LALMEM 96 105 | Rudy Gay (23) | Darko Miličić (8) | Kyle Lowry (7) | FedExForum17,456 | 9–18 |- | 28 | December 23 | @ Dallas | 20081223 MEMDAL 82 100 | Hakim Warrick (17) | Rudy Gay (9) | Kyle Lowry (4) | American Airlines Center20,200 | 9–19 |- | 29 | December 26 | Indiana | 20081226 INDMEM 108 105 | Hakim Warrick (21) | O. J. Mayo (8) | O. J. Mayo (7) | FedExForum12,346 | 10–19 |- | 30 | December 27 | @ San Antonio | 20081227 MEMSAS 103 106 2 | O. J. Mayo (29) | Rudy Gay (11) | Kyle Lowry (8) | AT&T Center18,797 | 10–20 |- | 31 | December 29 | @ Minnesota | 20081229 MEMMIN 98 108 1 | O. J. Mayo (23) | Hakim Warrick (8) | Kyle Lowry (12) | Target Center12,207 | 10–21 |- | 32 | December 30 | Phoenix | 20081230 PHXMEM 89 101 | Hakim Warrick (25) | Marc Gasol (13) | Kyle Lowry (6) | FedExForum14,471 | 10–22 Memphis Grizzlies January 1 8 0 5 |- | 33 | January 2 | San Antonio | 20090102 SASMEM 80 91 | Hakim Warrick (16) | Marc Gasol (11) | Kyle Lowry, Rudy Gay (3) | FedExForum12,597 | 10–23 |- | 34 | January 4 | Dallas | 20090104 DALMEM 102 82 | O. J. Mayo (21) | Hakim Warrick, Rudy Gay (7) | Kyle Lowry (5) | FedExForum11,731 | 11–23 |- | 35 | January 6 | Minnesota | 20090106 MINMEM 87 94 | Hakim Warrick (22) | O. J. Mayo (8) | O. J. Mayo, Kyle Lowry (5) | FedExForum10,156 | 11–24 |- | 36 | January 7 | @ New Jersey | 20090107 MEMNJN 89 100 | O. J. Mayo (26) | Marc Gasol (10) | O. J. Mayo, Rudy Gay, Kyle Lowry, Greg Buckner (3) | Izod Center11,552 | 11–25 |- | 37 | January 9 | @ Toronto | 20090109 MEMTOR 82 103 | Rudy Gay (22) | Darrell Arthur (7) | Marc Gasol, Mike Conley Jr. (4) | Air Canada Centre18,486 | 11–26 |- | 38 | January 13 | Cleveland | 20090113 CLEMEM 87 102 | Kyle Lowry (25) | Marc Gasol (11) | Kyle Lowry (7) | FedExForum15,121 | 11–27 |- | 39 | January 16 | Utah | 20090116 UTAMEM 91 101 | O. J. Mayo (23) | Marc Gasol (10) | Marc Gasol (3) | FedExForum10,422 | 11–28 |- | 40 | January 19 | Detroit | 20090119 DETMEM 79 87 | Rudy Gay, O. J. Mayo (15) | Marc Gasol (13) | Mike Conley Jr. (5) | FedExForum17,483 | 11–29 |- | 41 | January 21 | @ Charlotte | 20090121 MEMCHA 86 101 | Rudy Gay (26) | Marc Gasol (6) | Mike Conley Jr. (5) | Time Warner Cable Arena11,249 | 11–30 |- | 42 | January 23 | @ New York | 20090123 MEMNYK 88 108 | Rudy Gay (20) | Rudy Gay (9) | Mike Conley Jr. (4) | Madison Square Garden18,391 | 11–31 |- | 43 | January 24 | New Jersey | 20090124 NJNMEM 88 99 | O. J. Mayo (23) | Marc Gasol (10) | Rudy Gay (4) | FedExForum12,817 | 11–32 |- | 44 | January 27 | Denver | 20090127 DENMEM 85 100 | O. J. Mayo (19) | Hakim Warrick (10) | Kyle Lowry, Mike Conley Jr. (4) | FedExForum11,338 | 11–33 |- | 45 | January 28 | @ Oklahoma City | 20090128 MEMOKC 102 114 1 | Rudy Gay (25) | Rudy Gay, Darrell Arthur (8) | Mike Conley Jr. (9) | Ford Center18,450 | 11–34 |- | 46 | January 31 | L.A. Lakers | 20090131 LALMEM 98 115 | Rudy Gay (23) | Hakim Warrick, Darrell Arthur (7) | Mike Conley Jr. (7) | FedExForum18,119 | 11–35 Memphis Grizzlies February 3 3 1 5 |- | 47 | February 2 | @ Washington | 20090202 MEMWAS 113 97 | O. J. Mayo (33) | Marc Gasol (11) | Mike Conley Jr. (5) | Verizon Center11,442 | 12–35 |- | 48 | February 4 | Houston | 20090204 HOUMEM 104 93 | O. J. Mayo (32) | Rudy Gay, Mike Conley Jr. (9) | Mike Conley Jr. (7) | FedExForum10,109 | 13–35 |- | 49 | February 6 | L.A. Clippers | 20090206 LACMEM 105 126 | Rudy Gay (26) | Rudy Gay, O. J. Mayo, Marc Gasol (5) | Mike Conley Jr. (3) | FedExForum10,912 | 13–36 |- | 50 | February 7 | Toronto | 20090207 TORMEM 78 70 | O. J. Mayo, Hakim Warrick (16) | O. J. Mayo, Marc Gasol, Greg Buckner, Hakim Warrick, Darko Miličić (8) | Mike Conley Jr. (8) | FedExForum11,498 | 14–36 |- | 51 | February 9 | New Orleans | 20090209 NOHMEM 85 80 | O. J. Mayo (22) | O. J. Mayo (16) | Mike Conley Jr. (8) | FedExForum10,896 | 15–36 |- | 52 | February 11 | @ Philadelphia | 20090211 MEMPHI 87 91 | Hakim Warrick (31) | Marc Gasol (9) | O. J. Mayo (5) | Wachovia Center12,812 | 15–37 |- | 53 | February 17 | @ Utah | 20090217 MEMUTA 99 117 | O. J. Mayo, Rudy Gay (18) | Darko Miličić (10) | Mike Conley Jr. (4) | EnergySolutions Arena19,911 | 15–38 |- | 54 | February 18 | @ Portland | 20090218 MEMPOR 90 94 | Rudy Gay (20) | Marc Gasol (10) | Mike Conley Jr. (10) | Rose Garden20,385 | 15–39 |- | 55 | February 20 | Sacramento | 20090220 SACMEM 106 115 | O. J. Mayo (24) | Rudy Gay, Mike Conley Jr. (10) | Mike Conley Jr. (7) | FedExForum15,036 | 15–40 |- | 56 | February 24 | @ Cleveland | 20090224 MEMCLE 79 94 | Hakim Warrick, Rudy Gay (13) | Marc Gasol (9) | Mike Conley Jr. (7) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 15–41 |- | 57 | February 25 | @ Indiana | 20090225 MEMIND 99 104 | Marc Gasol (22) | Marc Gasol (15) | Mike Conley Jr. (8) | Conseco Fieldhouse13,211 | 15–42 |- | 58 | February 28 | Oklahoma City | 20090228 OKCMEM 92 99 | Rudy Gay (20) | Marc Gasol (9) | Mike Conley Jr. (4) | FedExForum10,074 | 15–43 Memphis Grizzlies March 0 4 4 7 |- | 59 | March 3 | @ L.A. Lakers | 20090303 MEMLAL 89 99 | Marc Gasol, O. J. Mayo (17) | Marc Gasol (14) | Rudy Gay, Mike Conley Jr. (6) | Staples Center18,997 | 15–44 |- | 60 | March 4 | @ L.A. Clippers | 20090304 MEMLAC 118 95 | Rudy Gay (35) | Rudy Gay, Marc Gasol (8) | Marc Gasol (10) | Staples Center13,813 | 16–44 |- | 61 | March 7 | Philadelphia | 20090307 PHIMEM 105 110 | Mike Conley Jr. (31) | Marc Gasol (13) | Mike Conley Jr. (9) | FedExForum14,458 | 16–45 |- | 62 | March 8 | @ Houston | 20090308 MEMHOU 83 93 | Rudy Gay (21) | Darrell Arthur (12) | Mike Conley Jr. (7) | Toyota Center16,179 | 16–46 |- | 63 | March 11 | @ Minnesota | 20090311 MEMMIN 79 104 | O. J. Mayo (18) | Darko Miličić (10) | O. J. Mayo, Mike Conley Jr. (5) | Target Center12,443 | 16–47 |- | 64 | March 13 | @ Boston | 20090313 MEMBOS 92 102 | Rudy Gay (26) | Marc Gasol (15) | Mike Conley Jr. (9) | TD Banknorth Garden18,624 | 16–48 |- | 65 | March 15 | @ Detroit | 20090315 MEMDET 89 84 | Mike Conley Jr. (20) | Darko Miličić (11) | Marc Gasol (4) | The Palace of Auburn Hills22,076 | 17–48 |- | 66 | March 16 | Portland | 20090316 PORMEM 92 103 | O. J. Mayo (21) | Rudy Gay (11) | O. J. Mayo (6) | FedExForum11,417 | 17–49 |- | 67 | March 18 | Denver | 20090318 DENMEM 109 111 | Rudy Gay (30) | Marc Gasol (8) | Mike Conley Jr. (10) | FedExForum11,087 | 17–50 |- | 68 | March 20 | @ New Orleans | 20090320 MEMNOH 84 96 | Rudy Gay (23) | Marc Gasol, Darko Miličić (6) | O. J. Mayo (4) | New Orleans Arena17,837 | 17–51 |- | 69 | March 21 | Boston | 20090321 BOSMEM 87 105 | Hakim Warrick (20) | Greg Buckner (7) | Rudy Gay, Mike Conley Jr. (3) | FedExForum18,119 | 17–52 |- | 70 | March 23 | @ Miami | 20090323 MEMMIA 82 94 | O. J. Mayo (21) | Marc Gasol (9) | Mike Conley Jr. (5) | American Airlines Arena18,654 | 17–53 |- | 71 | March 27 | @ Sacramento | 20090327 MEMSAC 113 95 | Marc Gasol (27) | Rudy Gay (9) | Mike Conley Jr. (5) | ARCO Arena12,987 | 18–53 |- | 72 | March 28 | @ Portland | 20090328 MEMPOR 66 86 | O. J. Mayo (12) | Hamed Haddadi, Mike Conley Jr. (6) | O. J. Mayo (5) | Rose Garden20,680 | 18–54 |- | 73 | March 30 | @ Golden State | 20090330 MEMGSW 114 109 | O. J. Mayo (24) | Hamed Haddadi (8) | O. J. Mayo (10) | Oracle Arena18,471 | 19–54 Memphis Grizzlies April 4 1 1 3 |- | 74 | April 1 | Washington | 20090401 WASMEM 112 107 | Rudy Gay (25) | Marc Gasol (9) | O. J. Mayo (7) | FedExForum10,013 | 20–54 |- | 75 | April 3 | Dallas | 20090403 DALMEM 107 102 | Rudy Gay (27) | Rudy Gay (10) | Mike Conley Jr. (5) | FedExForum15,126 | 21–54 |- | 76 | April 4 | @ Milwaukee | 20090404 MEMMIL 107 102 | Rudy Gay (26) | Marc Gasol (10) | Mike Conley Jr. (9) | Bradley Center18,717 | 22–54 |- | 77 | April 7 | Portland | 20090407 PORMEM 93 96 | O. J. Mayo (31) | Darrell Arthur (5) | Mike Conley Jr. (8) | FedExForum10,089 | 22–55 |- | 78 | April 8 | @ Orlando | 20090408 MEMORL 78 81 | Rudy Gay (18) | Marc Gasol (8) | O. J. Mayo, Darrell Arthur (2) | Amway Arena17,461 | 22–56 |- | 79 | April 10 | Phoenix | 20090410 PHXMEM 106 89 | O. J. Mayo, Rudy Gay (20) | Darrell Arthur, Hakim Warrick (10) | O. J. Mayo, Mike Conley Jr. (6) | FedExForum15,908 | 23–56 |- | 80 | April 12 | @ L.A. Lakers | 20090412 MEMLAL 75 92 | O. J. Mayo (20) | Marc Gasol (8) | Marc Gasol, Mike Conley Jr. (4) | Staples Center18,997 | 23–57 |- | 81 | April 13 | @ Phoenix | 20090413 MEMPHX 110 119 | Hakim Warrick, Rudy Gay (26) | Hakim Warrick (9) | Mike Conley Jr. (6) | US Airways Center18,422 | 23–58 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 82 | April 15 | Atlanta | 20090415 ATLMEM 98 90 | O. J. Mayo (26) | Darrell Arthur (10) | Mike Conley Jr. (7) | FedExForum12,736 | 24–58 |- Awards and records O. J. Mayo, NBA All-Rookie Team 1st Team Marc Gasol, NBA All-Rookie Team 2nd Team Player statistics Ragular season Player POS Position GP Games played GS Games starter MP Minutes played REB Rebounds AST Assists STL Steals BLK Blocks PTS Points MPG Minutes per game RPG Rebounds per game APG Assists per game SPG Steals per game BPG Blocks per game PPG Points per gameO. J. MayoSG82 82 3,120 308 262 91 13 1,516 38.0 3.8 3.2 1.1 .2 18.5Marc GasolC82 75 2,521 605 143 63 90 975 30.7 7.4 1.7 .8 1.1 11.9Mike Conley Jr.PG82 61 2,508 276 354 90 8 895 30.6 3.4 4.3 1.1 .1 10.9Hakim WarrickPF82 7 2,029 406 66 48 39 951 24.7 5.0 .8 .6 .5 11.6Rudy GaySF 79 78 2,945 437 135 98 59 1,493 37.3 5.5 1.7 1.2 .7 18.9Darrell ArthurPF 76 64 1,464 346 43 52 52 422 19.3 4.6 .6 .7 .7 5.6Quinton RossSF 68 7 1,164 126 47 32 14 265 17.1 1.9 .7 .5 .2 3.9Greg BucknerSF 63 0 878 130 57 29 8 155 13.9 2.1 .9 .5 .1 2.5Darko MiličićC 61 15 1,034 264 34 22 51 333 17.0 4.3 .6 .4 .8 5.5Marko JarićSG 53 0 605 65 74 29 11 136 11.4 1.2 1.4 .5 .2 2.6Kyle Lowry†PG 49 21 1,071 111 178 48 8 370 21.9 2.3 3.6 1.0 .2 7.6Darius MilesSF 34 0 298 57 17 11 20 120 8.8 1.7 .5 .3 .6 3.5Hamed HaddadiC 19 0 120 47 8 1 12 48 6.3 2.5 .4 .1 .6 2.5Javaris Crittenton†SG 7 0 44 6 5 1 0 19 6.3 .9 .7 .1 .0 2.7Adonal Foyle†C 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 † Denotes player spent time with another team in the season. Stats reflect time with the Grizzlies only. Transactions Free agents 52% Additions Player Signed Former team Subtractions Player Left New team References 2 Category:Memphis Grizzlies seasons Memphis Memphis Grizzlies Memphis Grizzlies Category:2000s in Memphis, Tennessee